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'A strong deterrent': Trump announces strikes on Syria – video
US president Donald Trump announces military strikes targeting Syria's chemical weapons capabilities following the attack on Douma last week. "The purpose of our actions tonight is to establish a
Apple threatens leakers with criminal action in leaked memo – report
Company reportedly told employees it ‘caught 29 leakers’ last year and 12 were arrested, according to memo obtained by BloombergApple reportedly warned employees in an internal memo that it “caught 29
Syria crisis has brought cold war back with a vengeance – UN
Guterres warns of heightened tensions between Russia and west amid latest Skripal claims Syria latest – live updatesRelations between the west and Russia have deteriorated sharply amid concerns about
Firing Comey one of Trump's 'greatest achievements', says White House – video
The White House press secretary, Sarah Sanders, gave scathing remarks about the former FBI director James Comey on Friday. Sanders said that firing him was "one of the president's greatest
Greens investigate 'breaches of confidentiality' and social posts in Batman review
Leaked terms of reference promise to investigate ‘tension in the Darebin branch’ after byelectionThe Greens have launched an inquiry into the failed Batman byelection campaign to find those
Trump family firm wants ban on release of any correspondence with Cohen
Attorney-client privilege protects ‘each and every communication’ FBI raids recovered documents and devices from Michael CohenDonald Trump and his family business tried on Friday to stop the US
Canada mosque shooter says he was motivated by Trudeau welcoming refugees
Alexandre Bissonnette, who pleaded guilty to killing six in Quebec attack, cites prime minister’s comments following Trump’s travel banThe man who shot and killed six men at a Canadian mosque told
Scooter Libby: Trump pardons former Cheney aide convicted of lying to FBI
President: ‘I have heard that he has been treated unfairly’Libby was convicted after investigation involving James ComeyDonald Trump has issued a full pardon to I Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the former
Ecuadorian journalists kidnapped by rebels have been killed, president says
Lenín Moreno offers reward for information about suspected killers and orders resumption of military operations on Colombian borderThree Ecuadorian journalists who were abducted by dissident Colombian
Johnny Hallyday: court freezes assets in inheritance dispute
French rocker’s will, written in California, raises questions about applicability of US lawThe first chapter of a legal drama over the inheritance of French rock star Johnny Hallyday has ended with a
One Palestinian killed and hundreds injured in Gaza protests
More than 360 wounded by bullets and tear gas, in the third week of demonstrationsIsraeli forces stationed on the Gaza frontier have killed one person and wounded hundreds of Palestinians, who were
US says it has proof Syria carried out Douma gas attack
White House and state department say with ‘very high confidence’ that regime was responsibleThe US has said it has proof that the Syrian regime carried out a chemical weapon attack on the outskirts of
DRC snubs aid conference, saying crisis is exaggerated
Money raised at meeting in Geneva falls well short of $1.7bn that UN says is needed to help people hit by war, disease, hunger and displacementThe government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has
The key points from James Comey's explosive book
The ex-FBI director sets out his contacts with Donald Trump in detail: from tanning goggles, to the Moscow hotel room, to his mafia vibe
Former FBI director James Comey’s book details his early career
Woman told to speak English in London tube attack
Police search for two women after racially motivated assault on Spanish-speaking passengerPolice in London are searching for two women after another female who was speaking Spanish on the night tube
'Slime ball': Trump attacks Comey after new book likens president to mafia boss
After Comey’s A Higher Loyalty said the president was ‘untethered to truth’, Trump tweets: ‘James Comey is a proven LEAKER & LIAR’The key points from James Comey’s explosive new bookDonald Trump
Carbon dioxide from ships at sea to be regulated for first time
Shipping firms to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 as part of historic agreementCarbon dioxide from ships at sea will be regulated for the first time following a historic agreement reached after
US envoy to Vietnam quit in protest at Trump plan to deport thousands of refugees
Ted Osius says administration asked him to press Vietnam to accept the deportees, who had mostly fled to America after 1975The former US ambassador to Vietnam has said he resigned last year in
Andrea Constand, Bill Cosby's main accuser, tells trial: 'I am here for justice'
Massage therapist says Cosby gave her three pills: ‘I trusted him’Comic faces three counts of aggravated sexual assaultBill Cosby’s main accuser at his retrial for sexual assault took the stand on
Trump and Comey’s hate-hate relationship – video explainer
Donald Trump fired the FBI director James Comey in May 2017, citing his handling of the Hillary Clinton email scandal. He has since admitted Comey’s refusal to suspend the FBI inquiry into the Trump
